Brazil’s Incoming President Vows to Restore a Disbanded Cultural Ministry
December 7, 2022Former President Jair Bolsonaro had dissolved the culture ministry. Continue reading
Join Us for A Colossal Workshop on Embroidered Botanical Sculptures with Amanda McCavour
We’re thrilled to welcome Canadian artist Amanda McCavour (previously) for our next Colossal Workshop. During our live two-hour session, McCavour will teach students her process for creating delicately embroidered sculptures using one of her own botanical drawings. Attendees will work with water-soluble stabilizers and learn to hand-embroider texture, pattern, and line with running stitches, chain stitches, couching stitches, french knots, and seed stitches to create a vibrant textile work with collaged threads. More
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Artifacts from Met Trustee’s Collection Seized in New York
December 6, 2022The artifacts she forfeited are estimated to be worth $20 million. Continue reading
In ‘Home,’ Animator Anita Bruvere Weaves a Poetic Story of Immigration through Stop-Motion Scenes
19 Princelet Street in London’s East End boasts a richly diverse history that’s emblematic of the neighborhood. The modest brick building once housed Huguenot silk merchants, Irish weavers, and Jewish tailors who fled persecution and struggles within their home countries. Today, the Museum of Immigration and Diversity inhabits the space, securing its legacy as a welcoming, communal environment for people in need.
A profound, meditative short film by Anita Bruvere reflects on this history through intimately crafted stop-motion scenes. More
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New Book by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie Explores the Link Between Conflict and Creativity
December 5, 2022Kaelen Wilson-Goldie’s new book, “Beautiful, Gruesome, and True” considers how art may operate as a proxy for political discourse in places where free speech has been suppressed. Continue reading
‘China’s Van Goghs’ Documentary Explores the Industrial Scale of Art in the Village that Paints Thousands of Replicas
In the late 1980s, the village of Dafen in Shenzhen, China—home to a few hundred people—was set on an industrial course that would utterly transform the area. Over the past three decades in what is known as the “world’s art factory,” manufacturers have produced thousands of replicas of well-known paintings by Western masters like Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Edgar Degas. In a full-length documentary from Perspective, filmmakers render an intimate portrait of life in Dafen. More
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See Inside the Exclusive Art Show Hosted On a Landmark Stiltsville House In Biscayne Bay
December 3, 2022If context is everything in art, how does placing an art show in the middle of the sea change our experience of the work? That’s the obvious question posed by New York’s Half Gallery, which hosted the second iteration of one-day Miami Art week pop up Stiltsville Thursday. If nothing else, it made for quite […] Continue reading
After Turning to Painting Late in Life, Former Navy Fighter Pilot Ted Hartley Hosts a Benefit Exhibition for Ukraine
December 2, 2022The show is on view at Keyes Gallery in Sag Harbor, New York, until December 5. Continue reading
Warhol Foundation Announces Recipients of 2022 Arts Writer Grants
The annual grant is focused on supporting arts criticism. Continue reading
Thousands of Used Tea Bags Assemble in Ruby Silvious’s Delicate Full-Size Garments
When we steep a cup of tea, we typically toss out the bag once it has served up its brew, but for Ruby Silvious, this humble sachet provides the basis for a distinctive artistic practice. Known for her miniature paintings that use tea bags as canvases, she has expanded her use of the material by employing it as a fabric for larger-scale works that are inspired by her family history and an interest in fashion. More
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“What Is It You Seek?” by Artist Hanna Lee Joshi
Hanna Lee Joshi (previously featured here). Hanna Lee Joshi’s Website Hanna Lee Joshi on Instagram Continue reading
Polish Auction House Raided Again in Investigation Into Whether Painting Was Involved in a Crime
December 1, 2022The work was expected to become the most expensive painting ever sold in Poland. Continue reading
A New Book Repaints the Legacy of Street Art by Spotlighting Women Leading the Genre
For street artists, the urban landscape is an infinite canvas. Whether wheat pasted, sprayed, or layered with brushes, vibrant compositions revitalize public spaces and provide an ever-evolving barometer of the political climate and current affairs. The genre has been historically dominated by men, but a new book by journalist Alessandra Mattanza and Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art founder Stephanie Utz shifts the dial.
Women Street Artists spotlights the diverse practices of 24 graffiti and mural artists hailing from around the globe who work in a variety of styles, from large-scale public projects like Camilla Falsini’s vibrant pavement composition in Milan to striking interventions like Olek’s pink, crocheted coverlet for “Charging Bull,” Wall Street’s masculine bronze sculpture. More
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December 2022 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. If you’d like to list an opportunity here, please get in touch at hello@colossal.art. You can also join our monthly Opportunities Newsletter.
World of WearableArt 2023 CompetitionFeatured
Entries are open for the World of WearableArt Awards Competition, which brings the work of international designers to life each year in a large-scale theatrical spectacle held in Wellington, New Zealand. More
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Precise Aerial Photos by Mitch Rouse Document the Immaculate Patterns of California Farmland
Captured above Kern County, California, a collection of aerial photos by Mitch Rouse (previously) highlight the vibrant precision of American farmland. The striking images frame segments of fields and groves that juxtapose the exactitude of large-scale production with organic growth. Long, rainbow-like rows of botanics, a single pink tree among an orchard of yellow, and repeating squares of dried vegetation transform the agricultural topographies into textured tapestries bursting with color. More
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